The Top 15 Global Brands Ranked Annually From 2000 Through 2018 in Order of Determined Valuation

Interbrand, an international strategic consultancy business, has put together a fascinating article and accompanying video that shows the 15 most global | Continue reading


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A Fantastic High-Speed Image of a Restored 1972 Lamborghini Miura Disintegrating Piece by Piece

Swiss photographer Fabian Oefner (previously) captured high-speed photos of a stunning 1972 Lamborghini Miura that appeared to be disintegrating, piece by | Continue reading


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Bewildered Man Finds Himself Inside a Life He Doesn’t Recognize in the Trailer for ‘The Twilight Zone’ Reboot

In a tense preview trailer for the upcoming reboot of the original groundbreaking series The Twilight Zone on CBS All Access, a bewildered man (Adam | Continue reading


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Legal Expert Breaks Down the Multitude of Laws Broken in ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’

Attorney Devin Stone of the video series LegalEagle quite humorously breaks down the multitude of laws that are brazenly broken in the classic 1971 film | Continue reading


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A Book Featuring the Unique Cat Ladders Residents of Bern, Switzerland Attach to the Exterior of Their Homes

Swiss graphic designer Brigitte Schuster has published Swiss Cat Ladders, a wonderful book exploring the unique cat ladders that the residents of Bern, | Continue reading


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What It Looks Like to Be Buried in Snow and Then Found by a Highly Trained Search and Rescue Dog

Mountain Search and Rescue Dog Association England posted a fascinating training video that shows a first-person point-of-view what it looks like to be | Continue reading


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Animators Behind ‘Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse’ Talk About Prioritizing Believability Over Perfection

In an illuminative behind-the-scenes video, the talented animators of the uniquely illustrated Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse talk about how they agreed | Continue reading


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Compassionate Brazilian Artist Turns Used Tires Into Customized Beds For Homeless Cats and Dogs

Brazilian artist Amarildo Silva of Caominhas Pets creates roomy customized beds for homeless cats and dogs in his hometown of Campina Grande. These | Continue reading


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A Helpful Shepherd Dog Cleans a Baby Lamb’s Face

A beautiful Australian shepherd dog named Riley at the Buckwheat Bridge Farm in New York's Hudson Valley, quite considerately licked clean the sweet face | Continue reading


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Musician Simultaneously Plays Lead, Rhythm and Bass of ‘Another One Bites the Dust’ on Harp Guitar

Musician Jamie Dupuis perched himself upon a boulder and performed an amazing cover of the Queen classic "Another One Bites the Dust" on his wonderfully | Continue reading


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Wonderful Photos of Stray Cats Poking Their Little Heads Out of Drain Pipe Holes in the Street

Nyankichi Rojiupa, a compassionate photographer in Japan, captures wonderful photos of the stray cats who play around a drain pipe in the street. A number | Continue reading


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Food Meets Sports in an Entertaining 3D Animation

Reactiv, a motion design and visual effects house in Toronto, Canada, has created "Food Play", a cleverly entertaining 3D animation in which food meets | Continue reading


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The Challenges of Building Neuschwanstein, Bavarian King Ludwig II’s Fantastical Mountaintop Castle

The construction focused video series The B1M takes a look at Neuschwanstein, the fantastical mountaintop castle that King Ludwig II of Bavaria wanted to | Continue reading


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50 People From the 50 Different States in the United States Share the Worst Thing About Where They Live

In a rather revealing episode of the Condé Nast Traveler series Culturally Speaking, 50 people from the 50 different states within the USA share the worst | Continue reading


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The Skulls of Your Enemies

The Skulls of Your Enemies and many other wonderful fake toys by Obvious Plant will be available at Obvious Plant's Museum of Toys popup exhibit in Los | Continue reading


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Inigo Montoya’s Guide to Networking Success

Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride provides some insightful tips on how to succeed at networking. Thanks Chip Beale! | Continue reading


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98 Colorful Singing Puppets Teach Children How to Be Kind to Others in a Wonderful Video Series by Cheerios

As part of their Good Goes Round campaign, Cheerios partnered with design house 72andSunny, director Jonny Kelly of Nexus Studios, illustrators Nous Vous | Continue reading


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Former TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport Being Turned Into Lavish 1962 Retro Hotel With an Enormous Lobby

The futuristic former TWA Flight Center designed by Eero Saarinen has sat empty at John F. Kennedy airport since the airline shut down in 2001. This | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Man Hilariously Autotunes His Cat’s Persistent Meow

Photographer and Disney feature animation layout artist Joaquin Baldwin grew a bit frustrated with his rather vociferous and very persistent Bengal cat | Continue reading


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Spider-Ham Refuses to Let a Mad Scientist Ruin His Meal in an ‘Into the Spider-Verse’ Blu-Ray Bonus Short

In a bonus short for the release of Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse on Blu-ray (March 19, 2019) and digital (February 26, 2019), Spider-Ham (Peter | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Observant Cat Watches Commuters Scan Their Passes

An observant, stray calico cat who fit perfectly into a curved ticket gate at a station in Tel Aviv, Israel, watched intently as commuters attempted to | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

‘Black Panther’ Soundtrack Composer Talks About Going to Africa to Create the Oscar Winning Score

Music writer Jon Burlingame sat down with Ludwig Göransson, the talented composer behind the beautiful, Oscar-winning soundtrack for Black Panther. | Continue reading


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A Bustling Traffic Circle Deconstructs Into 3D Layered Stacks in the Hypnotic Drone Animation ‘Luftraum’

Experimental filmmaker Dirk Koy has created "Luftraum", a mesmerizing 3D drone animation that shows a bustling traffic circle as it deconstructs itself. | Continue reading


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How an Antiquated Danish Law Keeps the Country Lagging Behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

In a ticking episode of Things You Might Not Know, host Tom Scott visits the island town of Gudhjem, Denmark to explain why the Nordic country continually | Continue reading


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Illuminated Scrabble Tiles With Changeable Letters

Firebox is featuring a very clever tabletop light that's made up of seven glowing letter tiles that sit in a charging replica tile rack from the game | Continue reading


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A Skittish Kitten and a Lonely Pit Bull Slowly Become the Best of Friends in the Pixar Animated Short ‘Kitbull’

In the truly poignant hand-drawn Pixar SparkShorts animated short film "Kitbull" by Rosana Sullivan, a tiny, skittish stray kitten who cuddles up with a | Continue reading


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How Monty Python’s Mix of Postmodern Absurdity and Political Satire Influenced Shows Like ‘Rick and Morty’

Jared Bauer of Wisecrack takes a deep dive into the iconic Monty Python comedy troupe and how their particular mix of postmodern meta-narratives, | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

How the Physical and Emotional Components of Loneliness Combine Into a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

The cleverly insightful animated video series Kurzgesagt takes on the subject of loneliness. They first look into the necessity of being in the company of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Hilariously Animated Gordon Ramsay Storms Around ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ in a Profanity-Laced Culinary Tirade

In February 2018, animator Zeeeko created "Where's the Lamb Sauce?", a hilarious animation of the very forthright celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay as he | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Singer Emily Goglia Fronts Postmodern Jukebox in a Sultry Cover of the ‘Pinky and the Brain’ Theme Song

Scott Bradlee of Postmodern Jukebox invited singer Emily Goglia to perform a very sultry cover of the theme song from Pinky and The Brain. Musicians Rob | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Little Cat Has Big Love for His Plush Bunny Buddy

A beautiful little Singapura cat named Malt spends a lot of time with his favorite buddy - a plush bunny that's almost the same size as him. Malt | Continue reading


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How Specific Visual Cues Can Help Stimulate an Appetite for Healthier Food

A team of British scientists is examining different ways to encourage people to eat healthier, more nutritious and sustainable food. Quartz looked at one | Continue reading


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Willem Dafoe Breaks Down His Most Iconic Roles

While promoting the film At Eternity's Gate, legendary actor Willem Dafoe sat down with GQ to talk about playing the role of Vincent Van Gogh. While doing | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Paleontologists Blindly Build a Baby T. Rex Model With Extrapolated Information From Other Related Species

In preparation for the T. rex: The Ultimate Predator exhibition, paleontologist Mark Norell and the model-makers at the American Museum of Natural History | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Stunning Rare Northern Lights Footage Over the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program in Alaska

Filmmakers Harun Mehmedinovic and Gavin Heffernan of Sun Chaser Pictures were given special permission to film the skies over H.A.A.R.P. (High-Frequency | Continue reading


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How Their Ever Evolving Audience Influenced the Way The Beatles Wrote About Love

In celebration of Valentine's Day, music writer Polyphonic (previously) examines the different ways that The Beatles wrote love songs. Much had to do with | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Man Helplessly Slides Down His Steep Icy Driveway

While carefully putting down rock salt to give foothold and melt the thick sheet of ice that had formed on his steep driveway, homeowner Jeffrey Takach | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Frenetic Animated History of Greenland, Mexico and Antarctica Told in Less Than Two Minutes

"Wild Frolicking Adventures of Informational Education" by the forthright Bill Wurtz, who in his distinctively frenetic animated style, tackles the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Pair of Psychiatrists Try to Out Analyze Each Other in a Hilarious 1990 Clip From ‘A Bit of Fry and Laurie’

In a hilarious clip from a 1990 episode of the classic British sketch comedy series A Bit of Fry & Laurie, a couple of men sitting in a medical exam room | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A 3D Printed Yarn Zoetrope With Crocheted Characters That Fill Coffee Cups With Love for Valentine’s Day

Filmmaker Sam Tilson of Super Silly Films built a wonderfully charming, giant 3D printed yarn zoetrope for Valentine's Day that features a heart spewing | Continue reading


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A Straight Line Transcends the Rigid Borders of Its Geometric Grid in the Surreal Animation ‘Extrapolate’

In the wonderfully surreal animation "Extrapolate" by Dutch artist Johan Rijpma (previously), a hand drawn straight line transcends the rigid boundaries | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Nerdy Science and Math Themed Valentine’s Day Cards by Evil Mad Scientist That You Can Download and Print

For the seventh year in a row, the folks at Evil Mad Scientist has released this year's version of their charming, wonderfully geeky, Valentine's Day | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

LEGO Minifigure Pals Try to Get Past Their Furry Feline Tormentor in ‘The Great Escape’ From the Playroom

In "LEGO: The Great Escape", a LEGO stop motion animation by Nukazooka, two bored Minifigures decided that they were getting a bit stir crazy inside the | Continue reading


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Translucent ‘Ghost Apples’ Created by Ice That Formed a Around Apples That Were Hanging From a Tree

Michigan horticulturist Andrew Sietsema captured beautiful photos of "ghost apples" that remained hanging from a tree inside a frozen apple orchard. These | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Two Aging Robots Try to Escape Life on a Locomotive in the Pixar Animated Short ‘Smash and Grab’

In a heartwarming Pixar SparkShorts animated short, "Smash and Grab", written and directed by Brian Larsen, a pair of job-specific, aging robots who have | Continue reading


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A Surprisingly Agile Bulldog Conquers the Westminster Dog Show Obstacle Course With Incredible Speed

A surprisingly lithe English bulldog named Rudy caught everyone off guard as he swiftly and confidently conquered the obstacle course at the 2019 | Continue reading


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An Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand Plays the Piano In a Remarkable Demonstration of Digital Dexterity

Researchers J.A.E Hughes, P Maiolino and Dr. Fumiya Iida from the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge have developed a truly | Continue reading


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There are two ways to subscribe to Laughing Squid by email: You can sign up for our Laughing Squid email list (powered by MailerLite) and receive a daily | Continue reading


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